Ben Lake

MP since 8 Jun 2017

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Ben Lake is the Plaid Cymru MP for Ceredigion Preseli, and has been an MP continually since 8 June 2017.

1598

Votes Cast

£250,650

Expenses 2024-25

14,789

Majority

47.0%

Vote Share

Expenses (2024-25)

£250,650

Staffing£223,557
Office£18,809
Travel£8,284

Year-on-Year

2024-25£250,650
2023-24£230,089
2022-23£199,487
2021-22£185,599
2020-21£166,495
2019-20£163,808
2018-19£147,469
2017-18£95,514

Election Result(2024 General Election)

Turnout: 46,302 voters

Plaid Cymru
21,738 votes47.0%
Liberal Democrat
6,949 votes15.0%
Labour
5,386 votes11.6%
Reform UK
5,374 votes11.6%
Conservative
4,763 votes10.3%
Green Party
1,864 votes4.0%
Workers Party of Britain
228 votes0.5%

Parliamentary Activity

Counts in the current Parliament
(since 4 July 2024)

341

Written Questions

8

Oral Questions

88

Debates Spoken In

111

Speeches

352

Divisions Voted

Debates and speeches are sourced from Hansard contributions. The Hansard backfill is still in progress — counts will grow over the next few days as historic days are ingested.

Voting Record

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3 AYE1 NO

Armed Forces Bill Report Stage

4 votes · 22 Jun 2026

2 AYE2 NO

National Security (State Threats) Bill Committee

4 votes · 17 Jun 2026

3 AYE

Cyber Security and Resilience (Network and Information Systems) Bill Remaining Stages

3 votes · 16 Jun 2026

2 AYE1 NO

Railways Bill Remaining Stages

3 votes · 10 Jun 2026

2 NO

Steel Industry (Nationalisation) Bill Committee

2 votes · 9 Jun 2026

3 AYE1 NO

Armed Forces Bill Committee

4 votes · 2 Jun 2026

Financial Interests

No registered interests found.

Activity Pulse

Questions asked and motions sponsored by Ben in Parliament

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many individuals in Wales pay Vehicle Excise Duty on motorcycles annually.

Treasury28 Aug 2026

Israel: Detainees

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to secure the release of Dr Abu Safiya and other medical staff from Israeli prisons

AnsweredForeign, Commonwealth and Development Office8 Jul 2026

Seeds: Imports

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 18 May 2026 to Question 2218 Seeds: Imports, what measures is the government taking to safeguard domest

AnsweredDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs7 Jul 2026

Probate: Applications

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many applications for a grant of probate were submitted in a) English and b) Welsh in each year since 2021.

AnsweredMinistry of Justice6 Jul 2026

Rescue Services: Ceredigion Preseli

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the Maritime and Coastguard Agency's revised volunteer model for Coastguard Rescue Officers on the

AnsweredDepartment for Transport1 Jul 2026

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what analysis her Department has conducted on the potential benefits and impacts of redirecting a portion of Annual Licence Fee re

Department for Science, Innovation and Technology26 Jun 2026

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, Technology what discussions she has had with the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero and DNOs on ensuring rapid restoratio

Department for Science, Innovation and Technology26 Jun 2026

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether she has had discussions with HM Treasury on alternative uses of spectrum-related revenues to support national connectivity

Department for Science, Innovation and Technology26 Jun 2026

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether the UK National Screening Committee plans to build use of Stockholm3 into its screening model.

Department of Health and Social Care24 Jun 2026

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent assessment has she made of the potential merits of reducing VAT to 10% for hospitality businesses in Wales.

Treasury18 Jun 2026
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